Three North African nations saw extreme rains and deadly flooding earlier this week, with Nabeul and Jemmel in Tunisia among the hardest hit, and torrential rains turning Tripoli’s streets into rivers. After leaving damage in North Africa, the storm – called Zorbas in Europe – was off the Libyan coast on Friday morning. Winds were forecast up to 110 km/h gusts, with some models projecting a storm with stronger 120-150 km/h wind gusts affecting Crete and southern Greek islands on Saturday. The storm is expected to head into the Aegean Sea and Turkey on Sunday bringing the risk of flooding and landslides as well as high winds. Some areas of the Mediterranean could see 250mm of rain.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 28, 2018 04:30 UTC